Press Area
Most of our press releases are in German. The latest releases in English can be found below.
The Greek crisis threatens the protection of refugees
PRO ASYL demands solidarity with Greece instead of shifting responsibility
Given its economic crisis, PRO ASYL appeals to the German Federal Government to show solidarity towards Greece. The brunt...
The Stockholm Programme and the sad realities at Europe's borders
PRO ASYL: Push-backs, arbitrary detention and the deaths of refugees are trademarks of a ruthless deterrence policy
Frankfurt/Brussels- Today, on the occasion of the Justice and Home Affairs...
Greece violates EU asylum law
European refugee rights organisations file complaint with the European Commission
Today, PRO ASYL, together with refugee advocacy organisations from the Netherlands, Finland and the United Kingdom...
EU Ministers of Interior convene in Stockholm: Barrot expects more solidarity from the North
PRO ASYL calls for a suspension of returns and a speedy distribution of protection seekers
The situation of protection seekers in Greece escalates dramatically. To the EU Ministers of Interior who...
Most tragic refugee-catastrophe at sea in the history of the EU
"Whoever sends hundreds of protection-seekers out on the stormy open sea without lifeboats is a criminal. But also those who try to block rescue routes to Europe at any cost, share responsibility for...
Human Rights Day
Appeal to the European Parliament "Stop the death trap at the European Borders!"
On the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, PRO ASYL is presenting a petition to the...
PRO-ASYL-Hand 2008
Human rights prize awarded by the PRO ASYL Foundation is presented to Marianna Tzeferakou and the Greek `Group of Lawyers for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants`.
The PRO ASYL Hand, the human...
Greece: Systematic Human Rights Abuses
Refoulement at sea, systematic maltreatment and inhumane detention conditions - Representatives of PRO ASYL and the Greek Group of Lawyers for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants examined...
Moroccan security forces shoot to kill
Two migrants dead, two severely injured as result of European pressure
According to reports from Moroccan NGOs, security forces have fired shots at people trying to leave the country by boat in the...
Bundestag votes on amendment to immigration law
The German Bundestag is expected to vote today on amendments to the Immigration Act. PRO ASYL criticizes the package of legislation as an "unconstitutional and isolationist attempt to seal itself off...
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